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32' Filed Jan... 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l To all whom it may concern:

Patented Mar. 30, 1926. I

UNITED? STATES PATENT, vo-mcsq GOTTFRIED ARN,'OF MONTICELLO, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed January 2'4, 1924. serial no 8 ,235.

Be it known that I, Go'rTFnInD ARN, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at Monticello, in the county of Green and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to gates and more particularly to the class of automatic gates which are adapted to be'operated at a distance from the gate.

The primary object of the invention is the provision, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, ofan automatic gate having an improved means connected therewith by which thelgate may beswung at a distant point from the gate and swung to from ardistant point at the opposite side of the gate after passage has been made therethrough. This gate is especially constructed for vehicle roads, although the same is not confined to such application, and the operating means therefor is so positioned and arranged that a person approaching the gate in a vehicle can cause the gate to automatically swing open without the necessity of alighting from the vehicle and going forward to operate the gate and after the' gate has been passed the occupant of the vehicle can manipulate other apparatus on the "opposite side of the gate to cause the same toswing'to'the closed position. r 7

A further object of this invention isjthe provision in a manner as hereinafter set i forth, of a means for bringing about the opening and'closing of agate froma distant point on either side of the gate and atthe same time automatically releasing a latch means on the gate whereby the gate can be unlatched from the post against which 'it abuts. 1 V r A further object of the invention is the provision in a: manner as hereinafter set forth, ofan' automatic gate which is strong and durable,whic h has no parts to easily.

get out of order, which isquick and eflicient in its action, and inexpensive to manufac" ture. v i i The invention will bebest understood from a consideration of the; following de tail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsforming part of this specification, with the understanding. that the invention is not confined to: any i -strict. conformity with the showing of the I drawings, but,:lnay be changdxand" 4 i:of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference'indicate correspond" .ing parts throughout the several views there is shown at 1 and 2 the usual fence or 'gate hinged end .of the gate 3 so long as such changes'and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claim. I

In the'drawings: 1 g Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe, device embodying this invention shown as set up and ready for use. 3 l

Fig. 2 is a topfplan viewvof the rear portion of the gate and the operating mechanism connected therewith.

. Fig. 3 is'a detail side elevation 'of'the'opat therear or crating mechanism located pivoted-end of the gate.

Fig.4 is a sectional view posts in a fence line between which there is swung a gate 3 of any desired construction. Located at opposite sides of the gate .post upon which the gate 3 swings are posts 4 beingas shown of substantially greater height than thewfence post of .the-fence,

.and these posts 4 are located or placed from the gate supporting post 1 a distance equal to/the distance betweeen the posts 1' and 2. The purpose for this will become apparent as the description of the device proceeds The gate 3 [is here shown as being con- 'structed of a tubular iron frame having wire 5 carried thereon,*but, it is obvious that any type of gate may'be used. This gate taken on line 7 is pivotally swung in any well known manner upon the post l as. at 6. Secured to the substantial distance above the gate is an upright post 7 here, shown as formed of tubular material and carrying at its upper! end a T-coupling 8 carrying a crosshead 9 at the upper end of this,post 7.

gate by means of l the :a longarni nd a short. arm and. on

and extending a i etgr ght angles to the other. The free 'end of the long arm of each of these bell crank incinhers is enlarged and has formed "there through a pair of apertures 14 and "the short arm of each of the members has formed therethrough a single aperture 15. Each of the levers12 and 13 further has formed through its long arm intermediate is clearly shown, thelever 12 is inverted,

its short arm depending and is 'se'curedto the underside of the arm 9 "and at that 'end which is directed toward the front end oi the gate. The lever 13 is oppositely positioned from the lever 12 .and as shown has i ts short arm standing upright and "the longr ar n secured to theupper portion of the arm 2 v 9 and a t that end "directed away from the ate. EXtending horizontally through the T connection 8 is ;a bolt '19 which pivotally secures to the "coupling by means of a nut 20 a link member 21. This link member has a passage through its body portion intermediate its ends through which the bolt 19 extends, and furtherfhas one end provided with "a 'single aperture 22 and its other end, which/is fenlarged as at 23, is provided wit'h'a pair of apertures This pair of apertures is "positioned a line transverse to the longitudinal axis of "the "link. This link 21 is norinally disposed'a't an inclined angle with respect to the cross arm 9 and is connected at'its upper "end to the upright short arm of the lever 13 by means of a flexible wire or fc'ab'le one end I of which is passed through the aperture'22 one oi? the 10,,toth'e lbtver Y W of the post 7. i liilfkQQiS also normally atan angle with respect to the post 7, and

between net-we links; The end of this lii-tkif2'9 is provided tithe "-epertiire so. 1

and the link 21 "and the other end passed through the aperture :15 in the lever 13. One of the apertures 24 in the-otherend of theflink has passed therethroiigh one end of a flexible wire or cord 26 which "has its other end passed "through "the aperture in the lever 12. These flexibleeonne'ction's 25 and 26 are at all times drawn tight shown clearly in Figure 3. Passed "thrbngh the other of the apertu-resl24 in the enlarged portion 23 of the link .21 is anetherfieiiible connecting element "27,- which passes (lbWIb ward-1y and has its other end connected through "an aperture '28 a link 29 pherally 'se'oured intermediate its ends, by

the flexible elenient 27, which menses it with "the link 21 "is*norinallyicirawn "tight her 5 or lewer .lPivot'ally secured upon the top of each of the'posts 4 by means of a bolt 31 is a yoke member 32 having pivotally secured toi'e-ach endyand at' -the under side thereof a single pulley Connected at one end through the apertures 14 in the enlarged ends of each of the levers 12 and 13 are fieiiilile cords-or cables 34, 35, 36 and 37 respectively, and the free ends of each of these cables pasies over one of the pulleys 33. As clearly shown in Figure l of the drawings, the cable '34 is connected to the aperture14'in the lever '12a'ndpasses away from one side oi 13119181106 and gate to *ando'ver one ot the pulleys suspending from-the yoke upon the post onthat side or thega't'e; while thecalile 35 'exte'nds new the same lever 12 to theopp'osite sideof the fence and over the pulley 33 carried by-the yoke which in turn is suspended by the post 4 Ff'roin the opposite side of the fence. The arrangement and connection of the cables 36 I and '37 at theopposite end ofthearm 9 isid'enti'c-al j with "the arrangement of the cables 1 and The free dependin'g'ends of-eac'h of the cables is supplied with "a, grasping means 38.

Fixed to -t11e front upper portion of the "gate 3 is a-plate "ineinbe'i'39 carrying onone side thereof a latch-Ihember in the form of a bell crank-leverhavingthe arms '40 and 41.

hit the joind'er of these two arms there is passed through the leve'r'a bolt 42 which is secured *to the pla te39and uponwhich the lever pivots.

this aperture there is p'assed and secured one end "or" a fleiihle'ottble 44, the otherend of which is pa's'se'd through the aperture 30in the 1ink29at the rear part of the'gate. The longer arm 41 is adapted to ride a guide block"45 carried by "the plate 39, and tlii s arm 41 is normally retained drawn down to the lower-portion of the slot in the guide block 45 by means of the spring ee which one end secured inanaperture 47 'inthe arm 41 inwardly of the guide block 45 and ha s; its other'*endsecured to the plate-39 be- 10w the said am. Secured to the faee of the post 2 is aheeper 48 which has itse'nd portionscurved upward ly as-jat 49 "and "further has formed in its top edge, a notch.

gfi'o'edapted to receive t he latch end of the he'll crank lever. hen the gate 'is svvu'ng open the outeror la t'eh end of fthe em 41 engagesa similarly irormed keeper =51 secured to the post 4 V y I ll heioperatioi of thisgat is follows:

t the gate wlri'cl 1 the latch is shown assmned that the "vehicl a proaches f rom the opposite that upon arm thereof to pull. the cord 26 in such a manner as to draw upWardlyt-he head23 of the link 21. This draws upwardly thecord 2'5 and also the upper end of the link 29 which is pivotally carried by the rear portion of the gate causing the cord 44: to be drawn rearwardly and actuating the bell crank lever carriedupon the plate39 to release the arm 41 from the notch 50 in the keeper .48. cord 35 will cause that end of the arm 9, which carries the lever 12, to be drawn to- Wards the person actuating the cord 85, thus causing the gate to swing open and when fully swung to the open position the arm '41 of the bell crank lever will engage the keeper 51 to secure the gate in open position until the vehicle has passed through the gate.

After the passage through the gate the 0pe1-' ator stops his vehicle at the side of the other post a and grasping the handle member 38 of the cord 34: drawsupon the cord, which Will cause the bell crank lever 12 to reverse its position, that is the position in Which it t is shown in Figure 2, and draw upon. the

cord to release the latch member upon the plate 39 in the same manner as above described. A continued pulling upon the cord A continued pulling upon the '34'will then cause the gate to be drawn to v 1 l 30 and latched. v

What I claim'is:-

A gate structure of thercharac-ter, dc

scribed, comprising spaced head and latch posts, a gate hinged to the head post, a standard fixed to the hinged end of the gate and rising a distance above the same, a T- fitting on the upper end of said standard, a cross-arm trained through the 'T-fitting, L-

shaped members pivoted to the outer ends of the cross arm, vertical posts arranged on opposite sides of the head post, brackets carried at the upper ends of the said vertical posts and having pulleys at opposite sides of the same, a lever pivoted medially to the T ating With'the keeper on the latch post and having connection With one end of the lever..

In testimony hereof,"I alfix my signature hereto. y

'GOTTFRIED Ann. 

